List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe
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The list of extinct animals in Martinique and Guadeloupe features the animals of the French Overseas Departments of Martinique
and Guadeloupe
that have become extinct
. Several of the bird species listed are hypothetical. Assuming these birds were true species, 9 animal extinctions have occurred in Martinique, and 9 animal extinction in Guadeloupe. The Lesser Antillean Macaw (Ara guadeloupensis) may have been found in both Guadeloupe and Martinique, which makes a total of 17 recent animal extinction in these two French overseas departments.
Martinique
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
and Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
that have become extinct
Extinction
In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...
. Several of the bird species listed are hypothetical. Assuming these birds were true species, 9 animal extinctions have occurred in Martinique, and 9 animal extinction in Guadeloupe. The Lesser Antillean Macaw (Ara guadeloupensis) may have been found in both Guadeloupe and Martinique, which makes a total of 17 recent animal extinction in these two French overseas departments.
Birds
- Guadeloupe Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicularia guadeloupensis
- Guadeloupe ParakeetGuadeloupe ParakeetThe Guadeloupe Parakeet might have been a species of parrot that was endemic to Guadeloupe.Jean-Baptiste Labat described a population of small parrots living on Guadeloupe, which have been postulated to be a separate species based on little evidence. They were called Conurus labati, and are now...
, Aratinga labati (18th Century, hypothetical) - Guadeloupe Parrot, Amazona violacea (1779)
- Lesser Antillean MacawLesser Antillean MacawThe Lesser Antillean Macaw also known as Guadeloupe Macaw is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw species from the Antilles island of Guadeloupe. It was first described in detail by Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre in 1654 and 1657 and later in 1742 by Jean Baptiste Labat...
, Ara guadeloupensis (1760, hypothetical)) - Martinique House Wren, Troglodytes aedon martinicensis
- Martinique Parrot, Amazona martinicana (1779, hypothetical)
Reptiles
- Martinique Giant AmeivaMartinique Giant AmeivaThe Martinique Giant Ameiva was a species of lizard in the Teiidae family.It is believed to have been endemic to Martinique, though at least one scholar disputes this, instead placing it on Les Iles de la Petite Terre within the Guadeloupean archipelago. It is known only from museum specimens...
, Ameiva major - Martinique Lizard, Leiocephalus herminieri (1830s)
- Ameiva cineraceaAmeiva cineraceaThe Guadeloupe Ameiva was a species of Teiidae lizard that was endemic to Guadeloupe. It is known from specimens collected by early European explorers. The fossil record shows that it once ranged across Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, and Îles des Saintes, but in most recent times it was...
(early 20th Century, GuadeloupeGuadeloupeGuadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
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Molluscs
- Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensisAmphicyclotulus guadeloupensis† Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis was a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae.This land snail is now extinct....
(GuadeloupeGuadeloupeGuadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
) - Incerticyclus cinereusIncerticyclus cinereus†Incerticyclus cinereus was a species of tropical land snail with gills and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae.This species was endemic to Martinique. It is now extinct.-References:...
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) - Incerticyclus martinicensisIncerticyclus martinicensis†Incerticyclus martinicensis was a species of tropical land snail with gills and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae.This species was endemic to Martinique. It is now extinct.-References:...
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) - Oleacina guadeloupensisOleacina guadeloupensis†Oleacina guadeloupensis was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oleacinidae. It is now extinct.-Distribution:This species was endemic to the island of Guadeloupe in the West Indies....
(GuadeloupeGuadeloupeGuadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
) - Pleurodonte desidensPleurodonte desidens†Pleurodonte desidens was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae. This species was endemic to Martinique. It is now extinct....
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